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Location: oswego, il | Seems to be a season by season thing. Some years you cannot lose a fish and some years their attempts at eating make you wonder how they can survive as a species. I have put a net under 8 of the last 30 fish that have ate. Every pike is #*#*ting the same lure. Lure type doesn't matter either. It has to be a fish mood condition, next year i might not even lose one. |
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| I'm not losing very many, but I'm not catching very many either. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | "I feel yer pain."
Lost more than I netted this spring. All sorts of crazy stuff.
Might have had my first fifty, but "never turn your back on a muskie" even if it's to grab the net. m |
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| Same story here. We had 5 fish all come off after crappy hits during a tournament a few weeks ago. Even had a fish around 48"-50" miss the bait during the 8 and launch itself out of the water. |
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Location: S.W. WI | Lots of short strikes and nippers this year. lost 4 just this weekend. all were on just a few seconds or less. Story of my year. been going on for weeks for me. |
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Location: oswego, il | It really hurts when you have 30 fish eat and it was in your last 10 days on the water! |
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| Me too this year, lost 3 pushing 50 I. One day last week..... Seriously I have lost like 65% of the fish thta have ate this year |
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Location: Niagara on the Lake, ON | Yep. Our boat lost 5 at Seul a couple weeks back. I lost a mid 50s class fish right at the boat. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | I did some figuring from my datebook. To date: 55 raised, 11 caught, 12 lost, 3 trips with skunk. Can't wait to start muskie fishing again this Fall. m |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Lost 3 fish this season, all big. Sunday had hooks in a giant that ate a FB. By myself. Had her to the boat, she ran away on a power run, and as she did I thought to myself, I’m not losing this one, so I’ll give her an extra hook set while she was powering away. So I did. Turns out I shouldn’t have. Who knows. Losing fish is part of the game. |
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Location: oswego, il | What I notice is the way they are hitting compared to other seasons. They are nipping and swiping but not overly agressive. The fish I am catching have been poorly hooked, one hook point and in the beak, cheek and never in a good spot. You can catch a pike on the same bait and they inahle it. I have seen this before, it seams to happen within a season and change the next year. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I'd have to get a bite to miss one I suppose. Yeah, that's how it's been for me around home this year...
But on our LOTW trip this year we lost a lot of fish. Lots of nips.and swipes. Only 1 I can really think of that was hooked deep and solidly. |
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Location: Ashland WI | curleytail - 9/4/2018 9:48 PM
I'd have to get a bite to miss one I suppose. Yeah, that's how it's been for me around home this year...
But on our LOTW trip this year we lost a lot of fish. Lots of nips.and swipes. Only 1 I can really think of that was hooked deep and solidly.
Ive been struggling a lot this year as well.
Namekagon is always tuff, but it has been overly tuff for me this year. |
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| With larger pike or musky it can be hard to get a good hook set at times. There jaw bones can be difficult to fully penetrate. Also depends on the angle at which the fish hits the bait. Point in case: boat side hits don't tend to produce as well for me. This often occurs as the bait swiftly changing direction during the last portion of the retrieve. Seems if a big bass or even walleye hits the boating % is higher.
Then at times they'll just give the bait a quick nip based on curiosity rather than hunger (most of the time when this happens I don't stand a chance).
Disappointing when a fish approaches the boat after being on for a good many minutes that looks like a swimming log and you loose it w/o actually seeing it's size. The lakes are still > 80 degrees this year very slow around here.
Edited by NPike 9/6/2018 8:34 PM
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| Season changes... climate change... or is it global warming? I can't keep track anymore. Darn Russian meddling. I like that one better.... Sharp hooks. Life is chance and circumstance. Same with muskie fishing. |
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| Lost 40% of those that were hooked this year. I can remember staring really hard at a Poseidon hook 1 morning for like 5 minutes after losing a 50. Thought I had her cold. That hook got swapped even though it was perfectly fine and sharp! |
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Posts: 2015
| Ebbs and flows of muskie fishing, Just the opposite for me.. I’ve been running good, too good..I’m due to lose some nice fish! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | so far 55 in the boat and likely as many lost or missed this year... it def can be streaky... but I will take action over not getting action any day. |
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Location: oswego, il | Brad, very true, at least we know we are getting fish to eat. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | We have noticed a trend of losing more fish then usual up here this year.. What a weird coincidence, eh? Lost several 50+ and smaller ones, too. Same for those I fish with, and among.. |
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Anybody else losing fish this year?